Welcome to the monthly challenge. Septeber is here and time to start working on Autumn/Fall activities. The Autumn Challenge is a fun way to keep track of your monthly weight loss while gaining and giving support to other bandsters.

Copy and post the template below and fill in the information that you are comfortable sharing on Saturday September 1st the come back every Saturday on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th and post your updated weight. I will keep track of the weights to get a table listing everyone's results on the following weekend.

Good luck to everyone and remember this isn't a contest it's a challenge and you are a winner no matter how much you lose.

The first three items are required all others are recommended, but the last one is the most fun. If you are new to our monthly challenger please leave a short introduction.

Name, real or screen~

Goal weight for September 29th~

Weight on September 1st~

Age~

Dietary goal for September~

Exercise goal for September~

Personal goal for September~

Date banded~

Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~

What is your favorite Fall Activity?~

Checking in at 199.2! I'm in One-derland and I've lost 10 pts off my BMI since I've started! This week has been eye-opening, keep us your goood work everyone!

Ready for the Fall/ October challenge. Bring it on. Going away this coming weekend, so I a nervous about staying on track and getting in all my activities.

Weighed in at ~224 today!

1 pound below monthly goal and down about 8 lbs so far this month!

Still at ~224 (no weight change)

Love this thread because I can look back at my progress over the month and really see how far i've come. When I weigh myself every morning it can get extremely discouraging to BARELY see the scale move, but now I see i've lost 8 lbs and am right on track with my doctors expectations

No change. Holding at 197. That's a 5lb loss this month. Didn't make goal but I'm still happy being a loser! Bring on October!

Hello everyone. After a fun weekend in San Antonio, TX with family I am very proud to say that I stayed the same this week. Still at 217.

My final weigh in still had me at 307. I still lost this month, just not as much as I had hoped and I haven't gotten to the goal of 299 that I wanted before my wedding. But I've lost almost 30 lbs so that's nothing to sneeze at and after the wedding on Saturday, I will keep reaching for my goals. Would like to get to 280 before we start trying for a baby so that's the next big one!

My final for September was 195.2! Not great, but lower than the first!

checking in at 207 met my monthly goal ready for October

Name, real or screen: Deana N

Goal weight for October 29th: 201

Weight on October 1st: 207

Age~40

Dietary goal for October: increase my Water intake daily

Exercise goal for October: exercise at least 5 days a week

Personal goal for October: get rid of my clothes that are too big(fall cleaning)

Date banded: 08AUG2012

Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet: 23

What is your favorite Halloween Activity?: Costume parties

Good luck everyone

I'm a couple of days late...I was out of town but I'm checking in at 182.5..down 2.5lbs!

Hi Everybody well I finalized the September Challenge and we as a group lost 240 lbs!!!! Can you believe that?!?! Wow great job!

Special shout out to the top 3 Losers in September!!!:

katpowell92 lost 16.6lbs

Colleen (collenjoy) lost 10.6lbs

pgkpjs (Puneet) lost 9.9lbs

Trying to get October's sheet updated, looks like we have a big group again which is great! Good luck in October everybody! And remember even if you are losing a little or none at all, we're glad to have you here because we are all in this together Lisa

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